Morelli said a few years ago: “I was very open with my husband and told him. That turned into a year of going to couples therapy. It felt like my whole world was falling apart.”

She added: “I had a few queer women around me, but not many I could talk to about such a huge, vulnerable thing. Samira became my outlet, and through that process, I fell in love with her. But I thought This will be the one that got away. ”